Do I add kids to my guest list

We are having kids at our wedding. My fiance has kids as well as my sisters. I couldn't imagine not having them there. We do not have a per person food cost though. I know a lot of people have adult only receptions though.

Are you having a kids table also

We are having kids bc they will mostly be my nieces and nephews (out of about 15 kids, maybe 1 or 2 won't be). Luckily, our venue gives us a discounted pp rate for kids.

Take a quick look at the boards, and you will see that MANY brides are not inviting kids. It is getting more and more common, and expected, so I wouldn't worry about offending your guests. If we were having a bigger wedding, we probably would have limited the kids to just my nieces and nephews--- I don't want a bunch of strange kids running around, either!

I am still debating that one. There are 12 kids just in the family. And there will probably be 10 more that people bring. I would need a giant kid table LOL. I was thinking of having activities for the kids to do at the reception.. What bout you?

We are not including kids. If we did, out guest list would be nearly a quarter percent kids. We included how many people were invited on their RSVP and didn't address it to the family and just didn't include kids in that count. I don't think it's rude. Weddings aren't a family reunion. They also count towards the headcount, and we're trying to keep below 50.

For your second question, yes, we'll probably put all the kids together who are over 8 or 10. They all know each other, and the bigger kids will be able to keep an eye on the younger kids. Kids under 8,though, will probably need help with their dinner (were having a buffet), so they'll be seated with their parents.

A lot of people dont allow kids anymore so it is not unacceptable to do so. I had kids, and it really wasnt as bad as people make it out to be. 25% of invited tots didnt come along Nd the ones that did were the life of the party. Out of 6 toddlers and 12 5+year olds no one interrupted the ceremony. I have a good 20 minutes of video recording from various guests that is just of my four little cousins because they are SO CUTE! Everyone still drank plenty of alcohol and mingled. I encourage you to invite them if you have the room. They are a out of fun and it makes it feel more like a family atmosphere. And of course, we like to think are family will come without their kids id we ask but some people wont because its a pain to find a sitter, or they are out if town or just dont want to leave them home.

We would prob have about 30+ kids!! That is making our list over what we wanted. I am going to my nephews and nieces. Guess I should be thinking this is OUR day not everyone and their children!

Thanks guys !!!

We are in the same situation. We looked at the budget and decided an Adult Only Reception is what we can afford and will have. Many of our guests have commented they may not be able to attend if they are not able to get a sitter. I just smiled and said, "We are not getting married until December 2014. You have plenty of time."

My FH and I do not want kids who are not in the wedding party to attend the reception the only exceptions being his 10 year old nephew and my 13 and 14 year old niece and nephew(we are paying per person). It's night wedding and its always the people with rowdy kids who won't make sure they behave properly that will be upset.

We really wrestled with this one, as a sizable portion of our list was made up of children. However, we ultimately decided to invite them, since my family is a huge Irish-Catholic one, meaning, essentially, that there will be... "talk" if we don't invite, not to mention many people not being able to make it, if we decide to do it at a further away location. We are getting a great price on kids' meals from all our venue/vendor options, though, so we aren't so worried anymore.

We're having my ringbearer and flower girl, plus a couple of FH's cousins (RB is 8, FG is 11, cousins are all over 10), but other than that, no kids.

No kids at ours. We really wanted to keep costs down, and have an adults only reception where you don't have to worry about little kids running around and parents watching them.

We don't have a per head meal plan. We are doing all the food ourselves and it will be buffet style. I love children and can't imagine not having my nieces and nephews there. Plus both sides of our families are the ones who babysit each others kids so we would have no sitters. I am worried about seating because of this though. Not sure how many I will have. Probably 20 or more. I am debating on turning one of the sunday school rooms into a kids room for eating. It's viewable from the reception area so that won't be a problem. Of course babies will still sit with their parents. Still planning this one out.

I went to a wedding last night with LOTS of kids ... They were running through the grounds' gardens, grabbed handfuls of glowsticks instead of letting everyone take one as planned, and at one point the DJ had to announce to keep kids away from his equipment. I vote no

I am having a mostly adults reception but we have 2 kids so they will be there and the kids in the bridal party but that's all. I have a very very big family so if I allowed everyone to bring their kids we would be at around 250 guests. Plus, I don't think most pple mind not bringing their kids to an open bar reception. More time to party for them

We are not having kids. We will have 2 thought because one is a flower girl and the other both parents are in the WP. If my nephews are able to come fot the wedding then there will be 2 more because they will be the RBs.

My family has waaaay too many kids and the venue does give a kid rate but its only half that of adults. So we'd probably end up with about 30 kids and i don't want to be paying thousands to have kids running around and screaming.

I'm inviting kids, only because so many family members have or just had kids and we find it easier to invite the kids rather then anybody make any reasons to not come because they couldn't find a babysitter. Especially for OOT guests, we just thought it would be easier for them, but just be prepared if you invite kids to have stuff to keep them occupied. I'm having coloring books and crayons for kids so they're not making nooo noise during my ceremony.

Yeah, we have at least 22 young ones who will be invited. Again, we didn't really want to do it, but it was either invite the kids or risk literally nobody being able to show up. Wish me luck. x-P

Edit: This is only 12 and under; we have many, many more who are teens, as well!!

You don't have to invite kids. If any moms are nursing I would allow then to bring their baby. Otherwise you may have a higher decline rate but you have every right to have adults only. Just don't put "adults only" or "no kids" anywhere